Spinnerbait Help Please

[Tburkett]

I have heard talk about how great spinnerbaits are but i have not had luck. can some one please give me advice on when, how, and color/weight any advice would be appreciated

[Avalonjohn44]

Best way to learn is to go out with a variety of spinnerbaits and nothing else. Chuck and reel.  Experiment with speed of retrieve, yo-yoing the bait, dragging it through wood or grass, burning it under the surface, etc.

 

My favorite is a simple green/white skirt with two blades, one silver and one bronze colored. If the water is particularly dirty, I like a rounder blade for more vibration. A trailer is helpful, but not always needed. When I use one, I prefer a simple white grub.  I never use a trailer hook. 

 

I have caught fish on spinnerbaits in just about every condition at every hour of the day/night.  They are my go to bait.

[Trailer]

Wal-Mart has Bomber spinnerbaits for $1.50 in bargain bins. You may want to stock up for cheap just to try a few. I bought two spinnerbaits and two Zara puppy spooks for $6. That was my local Wally World though. Don't know about your area.

[Rumslo]

Not all spinnerbaits are created equal. I always test my baits in the swimming pool to make certain that they work properly. Blades spin freely, lure tracks correctly, skirts have good action at various retreive speeds. I will also test the sink rate. I tend to use willow blades on shallow runners and colorado blades on slow rollers or deeper presentations. Even with everything tuned right, the fish will decide what they want. Try different retreive speeds, tempos, colors, till you find what works.

[kylek]

I normally use 3/8 or 1/2 oz spinnerbaits in all white or white with chartruese in them.  The one thing I look for before throwing a spinnerbait is wind.  I seem to do better when the wind is blowing into the bank or point that I am fishing. 

[Bobby Uhrig]

Youre right not all spinnerbaits are created =

[Nodda4me]

Youre right not all spinnerbaits are created =

Interesting video. Too bad they didn't show statistics or real live video of what they stated.

[Glenn]

I have heard talk about how great spinnerbaits are but i have not had luck. can some one please give me advice on when, how, and color/weight any advice would be appreciated

 

Might want to watch this: http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/spinnerbaits-bass-fishing.html

[Felix77]

I keep things ultra simple. 1/2 oz Chartreuse/white with double willows. One gold, one silver.

I can cover all parts of the water column with this bait.

Top: burn it just under the water or enough to cause the blades to come out a bit.

Middle: moderate retrieve with pauses, jerks and twitches.

Bottom: slow roll or yo-yo.

The one thing is to get a quality spinnerbaits that doesn't roll over on you when you burn it.

[CayMar]

Wal-Mart has Bomber spinnerbaits for $1.50 in bargain bins. You may want to stock up for cheap just to try a few. I bought two spinnerbaits and two Zara puppy spooks for $6. That was my local Wally World though. Don't know about your area.

My WalMart has the same bargain bin. I bought one of everything inside. Me and the guy at my WalMart call it the no crying bin.

[Blues19]

I have a lot of confidence in  a Booyah 1/4 oz chartreuse white tandem blade spinnerbait. I feel like I can always catch al least one fish on that bait.  Caught myself about 6-7 decent size fish the last time I went fishing. I would get something small like this to get more bites to help gain confidence. That is the bait that really made me love spinnerbait fishing

[TNBassin']

Youre right not all spinnerbaits are created =

I gotta say those look pretty neat. Gonna pick up a couple and try them.

[roadwarrior]

My WalMart has the same bargain bin. I bought one of everything inside. Me and the guy at my WalMart call it the no crying bin.

 

Your money is better spent on one StrikeBack than a dozen from the bin.

[Deleted account]

Youre right not all spinnerbaits are created =

All other spinnerbaits are obsolete? Someone should tell the bass...

[Siebert Outdoors]

When the fish are shallower and cruising or holding close to structure throw a 3/8 double willow chart/white around brush.  Its a given fish catcher. 

 

There are huge differences in cheap and good spinnerbaits.  Blade quality and swivel quality are some of the main differences.

[Diggy]

I get tons of fish on the 1 dollar walmart spinners in white

[Hanover_Yakker]

When the fish are shallower and cruising or holding close to structure throw a 3/8 double willow chart/white around brush.  Its a given fish catcher. 

 

There are huge differences in cheap and good spinnerbaits.  Blade quality and swivel quality are some of the main differences.

 

Like Mike said.  The easiest way to test spinner blades off the rack is to hold the spinnerbait and gently flick the edge of the blade so that it turns.  If the blade does not freely turn with a slight flick of your finger, put it back.

 

FWIW - I'll be using a couple of the Strikebacks myself this year.

[Jigfishn10]

Your money is better spent on one StrikeBack than a dozen from the bin.

 

X2 - They are the real deal no question about it.

[Trailer]

I normally use 3/8 or 1/2 oz spinnerbaits in all white or white with chartruese in them.  The one thing I look for before throwing a spinnerbait is wind.  I seem to do better when the wind is blowing into the bank or point that I am fishing. 

X2

[CayMar]

Your money is better spent on one StrikeBack than a dozen from the bin.

I don't disagree with you, but I tend to lose a fair amount of lures so its nice to have some cheap-o's in the bag for those hairy situations.

[Jigfishn10]

You can pick up some real diamonds in the rough at Dicks Sports. I found some 1.99 Strike King spinnerbaits with tandem blades, gold main blade and ball bearing swivels. I think they were made or packaged by mistake as the majority of these were nickel blades and crane swivels. I picked up the 2 with gold blades and ball bearing swivels, paid and ran outta the store knowing I just got a steal.... LOL

[Fishes in trees]

For me spinner baits fill a niche in the reaction bait spectrum.  Some guys use them interchangeably with square bills.  Me, not so much.  I will throw a spinnerbait if it too weedy for a square bill.  If you are fishing an outside weed edge, they could be interchangeable.  I would tend to throw a square bill or a medium diver when I parallel an outside weed edge.  Other guys I know would throw a spinner bait in that same situation.  Just depends, I guess.

 

Anyway, I will always have 2 or 3 spinnerbait/chatterbait rigs tied up and ready to go.  In clearer water with 4'+ of visibility, I will kind of try to "match the hatch" and throw a spinner bait that kinda matches predominant baitfish forage.   Water with 2' or less visibility,  I will probably throw a white/chartruese model.  The vast majority of the time, I throwing a half ounce model on 17 lb mono or co-polymer line.  At some point when the visibility is decreasing, I will go to a colorado blade rather than a willow blade.   I have some with 2 tone blades - brass on one side and chartreuse on the other and these have worked in the past in muddy water.

 

An oddball color that I have had success with in clear water is black, specifically a 1/2 ounce Terminator with a gold colorado blade and a black zoom swimming chunk trailer.  I have had several 50 to 60 fish days throwing this bait in fairly shallow (less than 7 feet), very clear ( visibility more than 6') water.  It has happened often enough that I don't think it is a fluke, I think it is a very viable post spawn/early summer pattern.   Never had it work especially well in mid/late summer, but have had some success, (not 50 fish days, but a fish here and there) in the fall.  Clear water seemed to be important in the pattern.

 

I will fish a chatterbait interchangeably with a spinner bait.  Some days they want one and some the other  I think fluke type trailers work better on chatter baits than they do on spinnerbaits.

 

By the way, that model of Terminator spinner bait is marketed as a night time spinner bait, I wouldn't know, I night fish very seldom.

 

I don't fish a lot of different brands of spinner baits, primarily War Eagles and Terminators.   I would try some of the strike back spinner baits if any of the stores near me would carry them.

[TNBassin']

I stick with booyahs, sks, and the bps xps spinnerbaits. For the money you cant beat the xps. Good skirts, strong sharp hooks, And good quality wire and swivels.

[down4ttown]

Ordered three from Siebert today. I tend to like the wire tired spinners like War Eagle or Siebert.

[A-Jay]

The type and size of spinnerbait you choose, is as much a matter of personal preference as it is predicated on the conditions your fishing.  Each angler has baits they have success and confidence in.  Until you have some success, you might be better served to simply purchase a few baits that will work in the areas you most often fish.

  Whether bank or boat fishing, the shallower you're fishing generally, the lighter your bait should be. 

Conversely, if your fishing deeper water a heavier bait might be a good choice. 

A white / chartreuse 3/8 ounce bait with either 2 willow leaf blades or a combination of Colorado / willow leaf blades is a good bait to start with. 

 Something that helped me to learn how to fish a spinnerbait had to do with my approach to using the bait.  I started thinking about and looking for places that I thought a bass would be holding.  Like weed edges, week pockets, the shady side of a stump, the back side of a log jam, the inside/shore side of a patch of lily pads, and I started tossing the bait so that it would go very close or even better, bump right into these fishy looking places.   It was like hunting.   It wasn't long before, a few of these places started producing.  As the bait would get close or just as it went by, a bass would shoot out and ambush the bait.  Good Times. Casting accuracy plays a role here. And if you can learn to set your bait in the water either well past your target or have it enter the water softly, you'll see better results.

 

Good Luck

 

A-Jay